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    The Temple of Vesta was one of the oldest Roman sanctuaries dedicated to Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Vesta was originally worshipped privately but her cult evolved into a public religion of the state. Her temple housed the sacred eternal flame, representing the hearth of Rome, which had to remain constantly burning or it would bring grave consequences. Vestal Virgins lived in a house near the temple and were responsible for tending the flame.

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    The Temple of Vesta was one of the oldest Roman sanctuaries dedicated to Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Vesta was originally worshipped privately but her cult evolved into a public religion of the state. Her temple housed the sacred eternal flame, representing the hearth of Rome, which had to remain constantly burning or it would bring grave consequences. Vestal Virgins lived in a house near the temple and were responsible for tending the flame.

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    Temple of Vesta

    The Temple of Vesta was one of the most ancient Roman sanctuaries in the forum. It was dedicated to Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. The Temple of Vesta was one of the most ancient Roman sanctuaries in the forum. It was dedicated to Vesta, the goddess of the hearth.

    Goddess Vesta
    VESTA, the goddess of the hearth fire was at first only worshipped in Roman homes, a personal cult. Her cult eventually evolved to a state cult.
    Vesta was represented by the fire. There was no cult statue in the temple, but Augustus had a statue placed on an altar in his house on the Palatine Hill in 12 BCE.

    Vesta only had one temple in Rome, the circular Temple of Vesta in the Forum Romano. Inside the round temple burnt the eternal fire, the symbolic hearth of Rome and all the Roman people. If the fire was extinguished it would have grave consequences for the Romans.

    House of the Vestals

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